Author: Collectif
Publisher: IRD Éditions
ISBN: 2709921731
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The mobilisation centred on the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP 21) is an opportunity to highlight the vulnerability of environments and populations in the South in the face of climate warming. Some tropical regions are already suffering from its effects, with heat waves in the Sahel, disturbances to monsoon systems, the melting of the Andean glaciers, threats to biodiversity, a rise in sea level and other features. Research conducted by IRD and its partners provides key knowledge for better understanding of the complexity of these phenomena. This book is a synthesis in three parts: observing and understanding climate change, analysing its main impacts on environments and setting societies and national public policies at the heart of the climate challenge. Focused on the capacity for resilience of populations and ecosystems in the face of trends in the climate, the book explores solutions that reconcile mitigation and adaptation in response to climate change, conservation of the environment and a reduction of inequalities. The work is both well documented and explanatory, reviewing operations and the results of research that is firmly involved and interdisciplinary, closely associating partners in the North and the South.
Climate change
Author: Collectif
Publisher: IRD Éditions
ISBN: 2709921731
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The mobilisation centred on the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP 21) is an opportunity to highlight the vulnerability of environments and populations in the South in the face of climate warming. Some tropical regions are already suffering from its effects, with heat waves in the Sahel, disturbances to monsoon systems, the melting of the Andean glaciers, threats to biodiversity, a rise in sea level and other features. Research conducted by IRD and its partners provides key knowledge for better understanding of the complexity of these phenomena. This book is a synthesis in three parts: observing and understanding climate change, analysing its main impacts on environments and setting societies and national public policies at the heart of the climate challenge. Focused on the capacity for resilience of populations and ecosystems in the face of trends in the climate, the book explores solutions that reconcile mitigation and adaptation in response to climate change, conservation of the environment and a reduction of inequalities. The work is both well documented and explanatory, reviewing operations and the results of research that is firmly involved and interdisciplinary, closely associating partners in the North and the South.
Publisher: IRD Éditions
ISBN: 2709921731
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The mobilisation centred on the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP 21) is an opportunity to highlight the vulnerability of environments and populations in the South in the face of climate warming. Some tropical regions are already suffering from its effects, with heat waves in the Sahel, disturbances to monsoon systems, the melting of the Andean glaciers, threats to biodiversity, a rise in sea level and other features. Research conducted by IRD and its partners provides key knowledge for better understanding of the complexity of these phenomena. This book is a synthesis in three parts: observing and understanding climate change, analysing its main impacts on environments and setting societies and national public policies at the heart of the climate challenge. Focused on the capacity for resilience of populations and ecosystems in the face of trends in the climate, the book explores solutions that reconcile mitigation and adaptation in response to climate change, conservation of the environment and a reduction of inequalities. The work is both well documented and explanatory, reviewing operations and the results of research that is firmly involved and interdisciplinary, closely associating partners in the North and the South.
Climate Literacy and Innovations in Climate Change Education
Author: Ulisses M. Azeiteiro
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319701991
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
This book addresses the links between climate change and the threats it poses to sustainable development, from a distance education perspective. Discussing current trends and challenges in sustainable development education, climate literacy and innovations in climate change education, it contributes to the global debate on the implementation of education for sustainability. It also assesses the role that e-learning can play in this process, addressing pedagogical concepts as well as the wide range of technological options now available.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319701991
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
This book addresses the links between climate change and the threats it poses to sustainable development, from a distance education perspective. Discussing current trends and challenges in sustainable development education, climate literacy and innovations in climate change education, it contributes to the global debate on the implementation of education for sustainability. It also assesses the role that e-learning can play in this process, addressing pedagogical concepts as well as the wide range of technological options now available.
Author:
Publisher: TheBookEdition
ISBN: 2494108004
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Publisher: TheBookEdition
ISBN: 2494108004
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Face à un avenir incertain : comment les forêts et les populations peuvent s’adapter au changement climatique
Author: Bruno Locatelli
Publisher: CIFOR
ISBN: 9791412758
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher: CIFOR
ISBN: 9791412758
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Global Warming - Myth or Reality?
Author: Marcel Leroux
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540281002
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
This book seeks to separate fact from fiction in the global-warming debate. The author begins by describing the history of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many other conferences, and their dire predictions on global temperatures, rainfall, weather and climate, while highlighting confusion and sensationalism media reports. He then lays out the "heretical" scientific case of the sizable skeptical scientific community who challenge the accepted wisdom.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540281002
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
This book seeks to separate fact from fiction in the global-warming debate. The author begins by describing the history of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many other conferences, and their dire predictions on global temperatures, rainfall, weather and climate, while highlighting confusion and sensationalism media reports. He then lays out the "heretical" scientific case of the sizable skeptical scientific community who challenge the accepted wisdom.
Geology
Author: Aurèle Parriaux
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429854897
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Geology – Basics for Engineers (second edition) presents the physical and chemical characteristics of the Earth, the nature and the properties of rocks and unconsolidated deposits/sediments, the action of water, how the Earth is transformed by various phenomena at different scales of time and space. The book shows the engineer how to take geological conditions into account in their projects, and how to exploit a wide range of natural resources in an intelligent way, reduce geological hazards, and manage subsurface pollution. This second edition has been fully revised and updated. Through a problem-based learning approach, this instructional text imparts knowledge and practical experience to engineering students (undergraduate and graduate level), as well as to experts in the fields of civil engineering, environmental engineering, earth sciences, architecture, land and urban planning. Free digital supplements to the book, found on the book page, contain solutions to the problems and animations that show additional facets of the living Earth. The original French edition of the book (2007) won the prestigious Roberval Prize, an international contest organized by the University of Technology of Compiegne in collaboration with the General Council of Oise, France. Geology, Basics for Engineers was selected out of a total of 110 candidates. The jury praised the book as a "very well conceived teaching textbook" and underscored its highly didactic nature, as well as the excellent quality of its illustrations. Features: Offers an exhaustive outline of the methods and techniques used in geology, with a study of the nature and properties of the principal soils and rocks Helps students understand how geological conditions should be taken into account by the engineer by taking a problem-solving approach Contains extensive figures and examples, solutions to probems, and illustrative animations Presents a highly didactic and synthetic work intended for engineering students as well as experts in civil engineering, environmental engineering, the earth sciences, and architecture
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429854897
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Geology – Basics for Engineers (second edition) presents the physical and chemical characteristics of the Earth, the nature and the properties of rocks and unconsolidated deposits/sediments, the action of water, how the Earth is transformed by various phenomena at different scales of time and space. The book shows the engineer how to take geological conditions into account in their projects, and how to exploit a wide range of natural resources in an intelligent way, reduce geological hazards, and manage subsurface pollution. This second edition has been fully revised and updated. Through a problem-based learning approach, this instructional text imparts knowledge and practical experience to engineering students (undergraduate and graduate level), as well as to experts in the fields of civil engineering, environmental engineering, earth sciences, architecture, land and urban planning. Free digital supplements to the book, found on the book page, contain solutions to the problems and animations that show additional facets of the living Earth. The original French edition of the book (2007) won the prestigious Roberval Prize, an international contest organized by the University of Technology of Compiegne in collaboration with the General Council of Oise, France. Geology, Basics for Engineers was selected out of a total of 110 candidates. The jury praised the book as a "very well conceived teaching textbook" and underscored its highly didactic nature, as well as the excellent quality of its illustrations. Features: Offers an exhaustive outline of the methods and techniques used in geology, with a study of the nature and properties of the principal soils and rocks Helps students understand how geological conditions should be taken into account by the engineer by taking a problem-solving approach Contains extensive figures and examples, solutions to probems, and illustrative animations Presents a highly didactic and synthetic work intended for engineering students as well as experts in civil engineering, environmental engineering, the earth sciences, and architecture
The forestry and wood sector and climate change mitigation
Author: Alice Roux
Publisher: Editions Quae Gie
ISBN: 9782759238330
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Forests and forestry in temperate regions face what may appear to be contradictory goals: to increase atmospheric carbon capture through sequestration in biomass and soils, while providing a growing share of the resources needed to produce essential material goods and energy for human societies as well as gradually renewing forests to enable them to adapt to future climate conditions. INRAE and IGN, at the request of the French Ministries responsible for agriculture and forestry, have jointly undertaken a scientific assessment to shed light on the details of this debate
Publisher: Editions Quae Gie
ISBN: 9782759238330
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Forests and forestry in temperate regions face what may appear to be contradictory goals: to increase atmospheric carbon capture through sequestration in biomass and soils, while providing a growing share of the resources needed to produce essential material goods and energy for human societies as well as gradually renewing forests to enable them to adapt to future climate conditions. INRAE and IGN, at the request of the French Ministries responsible for agriculture and forestry, have jointly undertaken a scientific assessment to shed light on the details of this debate
Author:
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251380589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251380589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Information Pour la Prise de Décisions en Matière de Développement Durable
Author: Canada. Natural Resources Canada
Publisher: Ressources naturelles Canada
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This monograph provides an overview of Canada's work to meet two objectives identified by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development: bridging the data gap and improving the availability of information for decision making related to sustainable development. It begins by describing Canada's commitment to sustainable development and the kind of information needed. It then reviews national programs in the areas of bringing information together, building information systems & tools, improving public access to & use of information, recognizing weaknesses in infrastructure & information, supporting new technologies, and striking partnerships to finance & share information for sustainable development at home & abroad.
Publisher: Ressources naturelles Canada
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This monograph provides an overview of Canada's work to meet two objectives identified by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development: bridging the data gap and improving the availability of information for decision making related to sustainable development. It begins by describing Canada's commitment to sustainable development and the kind of information needed. It then reviews national programs in the areas of bringing information together, building information systems & tools, improving public access to & use of information, recognizing weaknesses in infrastructure & information, supporting new technologies, and striking partnerships to finance & share information for sustainable development at home & abroad.
French B for the IB Diploma Student Book
Author: Jane Byrne
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN: 1471804208
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
A new, accessible guide to French B from IB experts and native speakers, French B for the IB Diploma responds to teacher needs by providing texts and skills practice at the right level for all students for all core and optional topics. Clear learning pathways provide routes through the book for both Standard and Higher Level students ensuring maximum language progression. This Student Book: - develops text handling skills for Paper 1 through carefully crafted reading tasks based around the main text types - provides plenty of writing practice that mirrors the skills and styles needed for Paper 2 (written production) - offers opportunities to encourage speaking skills with a wealth of visual stimulus - promotes global citizenship and an appreciation of the Francophone world through a wide range of cultural material and questioning - signposts links and references to Theory of Knowledge Also available: French B for the IB Diploma Dynamic Learning (ISBN 9781471804731) Teacher planning, student resources, assessment material and audio, all easily accessible, anytime, anywhere. French B for the IB Diploma Dynamic Learning Whiteboard Edition (ISBN 9781471804212).
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN: 1471804208
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
A new, accessible guide to French B from IB experts and native speakers, French B for the IB Diploma responds to teacher needs by providing texts and skills practice at the right level for all students for all core and optional topics. Clear learning pathways provide routes through the book for both Standard and Higher Level students ensuring maximum language progression. This Student Book: - develops text handling skills for Paper 1 through carefully crafted reading tasks based around the main text types - provides plenty of writing practice that mirrors the skills and styles needed for Paper 2 (written production) - offers opportunities to encourage speaking skills with a wealth of visual stimulus - promotes global citizenship and an appreciation of the Francophone world through a wide range of cultural material and questioning - signposts links and references to Theory of Knowledge Also available: French B for the IB Diploma Dynamic Learning (ISBN 9781471804731) Teacher planning, student resources, assessment material and audio, all easily accessible, anytime, anywhere. French B for the IB Diploma Dynamic Learning Whiteboard Edition (ISBN 9781471804212).